Quotes Of The Day: Hasn’t Anyone Told These Pennsylvania Voters That Those Issues Are Just “Distractions?”

23 Apr, 2008 by John Hawkins

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A friend calls in from a polling station in rural white west Pennsylvania, where he’s following a local Republican primary. He tells me that the Obama poll-worker passing out literature has been getting worked over all morning. Here’s a small, anecdotal sample of the remarks. The first one refused an Obama flier as he entered the polling place:

“I’d like to take that, but I’m just too bitter.”

And this guy, pointing to a nearby military cemetery:

“I don’t like the b****, but at least she’ll wear the flag. There are a lot of guys up in that cemetery that fought for that flag.” — David Freddoso at The Corner